15 dead, many hospitalised as north India reels under punishing heatwave

Swathes of northern and eastern India remained in the grip of a punishingly long heatwave on Wednesday, increasing heat stroke casualties and prompting the Centre to issue advisory to hospitals to......

How extreme heat affected Delhi street vendors

Over 80 per cent of the street vendors surveyed in Delhi reported a decline in customers during heatwave days in April and May, and around 50 per cent experienced significant income loss, according......

Severe heatwave likely in northwest, east in next 5 days: IMD

Northwest and east India are in for another spell of extreme heat, with temperatures predicted to rise by two to three degrees over the next five days, the India meteorological department said on......

Heatwave claims 25 poll personnel among 40 as north India boils

India Friday reported at least 40 suspected heat-related deaths, 25 of them of staff deployed on Lok Sabha poll duty in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, as heatwave conditions gripped a large swathe of the......

How Modi's SVAMITVA scheme aims to help rural property holders

SVAMITVA is a new government project that primarily aims to demarcate abadi areas that includes inhabitant land, inhabited areas contiguous to abadi and wadis/basties in rural areas, using drone......

How govt plans to buy med devices cheaply for Ayushman

The idea is to procure essential medical devices such as cardiac stents at a lower cost and put them on the Government e-Marketplace (GeM), from where the empanelled hospitals can buy. The central......

UP govt notifies land for Rs 16,000 cr Noida's Jewar airport

The airport would comprise two runways and handle 70 million passengers and 3 million tonnes cargo annually when fully developed. IMAGE: A government notification for land acquisition for the......

PM plans pre-Budget balm for note ban pain

Senior bureaucrats say the government has planned a 'feel-good' Budget after the 'pain' of demonetisation.Arup Roychoudhury and Archis Mohan report.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The Narendra......